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TIL that the music used in the “You wouldn’t steal a car” anti-piracy advertisement was pirated

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wLQWW TIL a British company rebranded a golf ball locator device and sold it to several various militaries, and clamed it could detect explosive devices. In 2013, the inventor was sentenced to 10 years in prison for fraud. The device was a form of dowsing rod, and profited about £1.35 million.
b9Ja TIL newborn babies can smile, but only as an innate survival reflex to make them look more appealing to care for. Sneaky bastards.
eaR4 TIL that the infinity symbol is conjectured to be a variant form of a Roman numeral for 1000, CIƆ or sometimes CƆ, since Romans hyperbolically used 1000 to represent very large numbers.
8exgL TIL about the "third eye" (parietal eye) found in some reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
LkxVP TIL of the ancient law of General Average. If a ship carrying cargo is required to jettison some of its load to save the rest, the loss of the cargo is to be shared proportionally among interest holders. First written in law in 800BC, it continues to be declared in present-day maritime emergencies.